Tsivat River Lodge Cordova

... stream (no bears). We stopped off for lunch and had the best tasting hot chocolate with marshmellows. It was raining quite hard but luckily we were really warm. Layers, loads of layers! We headed off again to Columbia Glacier and we were met with a strange and wonderful sight. The icebergs were a couple of meters high out of the water and the shapes were spectacular.<br><br>Spencer lead us in single file through ...

Here's the most recent things I've been up to. We helped put on a crosscut saw competition for Cordova's Centennial Fourth of July celebration which was fun but very busy. The crew spent a week at a cabin on a trail called Power Creek. We put a lot of miles on our legs in a short amount of time but it was a great trip and we all had lots of fun. The ...

Here's some stuff from the middle of the summer. We had a good spike trip for eight days on Lake Elsner Easement which was some of the hardest work we've done all season. We hiked about 40 miles in five days with a minimum of fifty pounds on our backs everyday. It was exhausting and buggy and ...

Sorry it's been a while since I gave everyone an update of my wheelings and dealings, it's been a busy couple of months up here. For those not in the loop, I got to AK in April and have been working on my third season on the trail crew here in Cordova. When I arrived, there was lots of snow on the ground but the weather was for the most part, cold and clear. It'd take a long time to explain all the activities I've been up to but suffice to say that the ...

... William Sound, admiring white mountains, blue waters, and searching for signs of wildlife. Michal swears he saw a whale's tail. The weather was warm, sunny, and we spent some time on the deck, sipping chosen alcoholic beverages. At Cordova, we disembarked and waited for our rental car to arrive. It turned out to be a minivan. We declined an offer of a "cooler" car and made our way out of town, towards the dirt road that winds through the partially dried out ...

... mountains, lots of water, a lake or two, and even a bit of sun. We met up with Ryan and Vanessa Salmon, couchsurfing connections who would go on to be some stellar hosts, excellent ambassadors of Haines and proper Alaskan hospitality. We cooked up a batch of Huevos Rancheros that for sure rivaled ones I had in Mexico, and then checked out Ryan's knot work, some amazing stuff- so amazing that I commissioned him to decorate the handles of my Kayak with ...

On our way to College Fjord - not looking promising. Thick, low cloud all the way to water level - and it's raining. The weather improved marginally during the course of the day, but right when we reached the only really visible glaciers, we were running late for our booked sitting for dinner. Fortunately, we ...

Today we were at the Hubbord glacier for the second time since I have been on board. I was there 2 days ago but I was workin. Today I had it off and it was my lucky day cause the captain invited all the crew up tot the bridge to watch the glacier from there. He had food and hot chocolate for everyone and we ...

I am behind! Here it is Monday and I have not communicated our activities since Thursday's fishing trip. Here goes... Friday, July 15 - Today is a travel day, Homer to Seward, a distance of approximately 175 miles. The first half or more of the distance was backtracking up the Kenai Peninsula before we took a sharp right turn to head over to Seward. As we proceeded up the peninsula we drove through fairly thick smoke from a large forest fire in the area (120,000 acres ...

Last night we sailed by the rest of Lamphere Glacier - quite impressive. Two to three arms extended out into the ocean. It was huge, and I suspect we were seeing part of the ice field as well. Dinner was a lot of fun too - I spotted two different sets of killer whales blowing puffs of air out of the water. Plus 2 Dahl's porpoises jumped out of the water right next to the ship. Unfortunately, Steph was really seasick, so we ended the night ...